" Learning to use a wiki (over email) is like having ice poured down your shirt. ...Adults are simply not used to this two-way interchange in groups."

Dean Groom via http://deangroom.wordpress.com/

1. Sit in PLC's to work collaboratively but create their own wiki.
2. Introductions - Why wiki's
   An article that explains why

• Collaborative
• Student collaboration
• Brainstorm how you could use a wiki in your PLC or with your classroom
• Planning your wiki
  • PLC work
  • Gathering resources
  • constructing knowledge with students
• Content

4. Constructing the wiki

• Add Hyperlinks (weblinks or page links - even new pages)
• New Page on upper left
• Manage Wiki
  • Change Theme
  • Change colors and upload logo (upload school logo for wiki)
• Adding Multimedia and other content
  • Adding text
  • Adding files
  • adding images
    • bubbleshare
  • adding presentations
    • Slideshare
  • adding videos
    • Edublogs.tv and TeacherTube
    • Download videos by using http://kickyoutube.com (from home), then upload to TeacherTube or YouTube
  • Adding RSS feed
    • Google News, etc

For Going Beyond the Basic Wiki -

Create Student Accounts
Getting Tricky with Wikis

Other resources on Wikis:
The K-12 Horizon Project
http://readwriteweb.wikispaces.com/Wikis
More Wiki Links